On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 11:54:02PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > + /* re-register our fops write function */ > > + detour_fops.write = detour_write; > > + > > + detour_file.f_dentry = &detour_dentry; > > + detour_file.f_dentry->d_inode = &detour_inode; > > + detour_file.f_op = &detour_fops; > > + detour_file.f_mode |= FMODE_WRITE; > > + security_file_alloc(&detour_file); > > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&detour_file.f_u.fu_list); > > + > > + detour_inode.i_rdev = MKDEV(TTYAUX_MAJOR, 3); > > + security_inode_alloc(&detour_inode); > > + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&detour_inode.inotify_watches); > > + > > + ret = detour_fops.open(&detour_inode, &detour_file); > > + printk(KERN_INFO "detour_fops.open() returned %ld\n", ret); > > + ret = detour_fops.unlocked_ioctl(&detour_file, TIOCCONS, 0); > > + printk(KERN_INFO "detour_fops.ioctl() returned %ld\n", ret); That alone is enough for a NAK. Do Not Do That. Fake struct file/dentry/inode and their uses are not acceptable. Neither is modifying file_operations, while we are at it. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-embedded" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html